Improvement in horse-rakes



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HorsI Bake.

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Horse Rake.

No. 65,164. Patented May 28, 1867.-

UNITED STATEs PATENT OEEIcEa ISRAEL L. BULLOGK, OF MARCY, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT iN HORSE-RAKES.

Speeication forming part of Letters Patent No. 65,164, dated May 28, 1867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL L. BULLOCK, of Marcy, in the county of La Grange and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Horse Hay-Rake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line w rr, Fig. 2 5 Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same.

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rlhis invention relates to a new and improved revolving horse hay-rake; and it consists in a novel arrangement and application of the rake, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the rake may be actuated or controlled by the feet of the driver, and with the greatest facility.

A represents an axle, having thills B B attached to it. C are wheels, placed loosely on the axle; and'D is the drivers seat, secured to an elastic support, E. F is a rectangular frame attached to the axle A, and having its front end connected to the cross-bar a of the thills. G is the rake, the head b of which is fitted to the lower ends of posts H H by me tallie straps c, the head being allowed to turn freely in said straps. rlhe rake-head has teeth d passing transversely through it at right angles, the teeth projecting from the head at equal distances from opposite sides thereof. The upper ends of the posts H H are connected by pivots to the rear ends of bars I I, the front ends of which are connected, by hinges or joints ff, to the rear ends of the thills B B, just back of the axle A. To each post H there is secured, by a fulcrum-pin, g, a lever, J. These levers extend upward a short distance above the posts H H, and they are connected at their upper ends by a crossbar, K. To the outer side of each lever J there are attached two pawls, L L, which are somewhat elastic, and extend down over pins or projections h at opposite sides of the rakehead, as shown clearly in Fig. l. In the front part of the frame F there is placed a shaft, M, hung on pivots or journals, and allowed to turn freely. To this shaft M two pairs of arms, t' are attached, one pair of arms being at right angles to the other. These two pairs of arms have foot-boards jj secured to them, and the upper ends of the arms c" are connected, by bars N N, to the up per ends of the levers J J. The posts H H are braced by rods N N from the axle A, the rods being connected by joints to the axle and posts, as shown in Fig. l. O is a leverframe, the fulcrumerod of which is on the rear part of the frame F. The front part of this lever-frame is in front ot' the driverls seat D, and its rear end passes underneath the bar K, which connects the upper ends of the posts H H.

From the above description it will be seen that, as the implement is drawn along, the rake will be kept down to its work by the driver pressing down with his feet upon the foot-board j; and in order toraise the rake bodily, in order that it may clear or pass over obstructions, the driver presses down upon the front end ofthe lever-frame O. hen the rake has gathered up a sufficient load, the.

driver presses forward against the foot-board j', and thereby moves forward the levers J J, so that the rear pawls L L will passed' from the rear spurs or projections h,- and the front ends of the ral e-teeth d catching into the ground, the rake will make a half-revolution and discharge its load, the rear pawls catching on the other spurs has they pass up unv derneath said pawls. The front pawls L, in consequence of being' over the spurs or projections at the front side of the rake-head, keep the front ends of the teeth down to their work.

I design to have the ends of the rake-teeth shod with metal, in order to protect them from wear.

This rake maybe operated with the` greatest facility, and is under the complete control of the driver. y

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The levers J J, having elastic pawls L L attached, in combination with the shaft M, provided with the foot-boards j j', and connected with the levers J J, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ISRAEL L. BULLOCK. Witnesses:

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